(A)
Unless otherwise directed by the
commission, any public utility owning or operating an electric generating
facility within Ohio shall become a participating member in the climate
registry and shall report greenhouse gas emissions according to the protocols
approved by the climate registry.

(B)
Any public utility that owns or operates
an electric generating facility within Ohio shall file with the commission by
April fifteenth of each calendar year an environmental control plan, including
carbon dioxide control planning by including such plan
with the public utility's long-term forecast pursuant to rule
4901:5-3-01 of the
Administrative Code, or as otherwise directed by the commission. A copy
of such plan shall also be provided to the director of the Ohio environmental
protection agency, or his designee.

(C)
The environmental control plan shall
include all relevant technical information on the current conditions, goals,
and potential actions for resource planning or environmental compliance. Any
technology included in this plan, including clean coal, shall be based upon the
most current scientific and engineering design capability of any facility or
that has been designed to have the capability to control the emissions of
criteria pollutants and carbon dioxide within the parameters of economically
feasible best technology.